Pen-point guard.



No. 826,913. 7 PATENT-ED JULY 24, 1906 G. E. woonsnu. PEN POINTGUARD.

APPLIOATION'FILBD FEB; 5. 1906.

1n: NORRIS PETERS co., WASHINGTDN, n c

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PEN-POINT GUARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 24. 1906.

Application filed February 5,1906. Serial No. 299,338.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. WooD- BURY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco andState of California, have invented new and useful Improvements inPen-Point Guards, of which the following is a specification.

, This invention has for its object to provide a lcvice for protectingthe points-or nibs of a pen, and especially as an attachment to thepenholder or socket bearing part to prevent the points from coming incontact with any hard object and being thereby bent or in jured wheneverthe pen is accidentally dropped, the device being of such character thatit can be attached to the penholder or socket without interfering withthe proper use or function of the pen, and at the same time it Wlll bealways in condition for operation.

To this end and object my said invention consists in a pen-point guardor protector of novel construction and in its combination with apenholder or socket, as hereinafter described, and pointed out in theclaims at the end of this specification.

The accompanying drawings herein referred to and forming part of thisspecification represent a guard or protector embodying my inventionapplied to a fountain-pen of well-known kind.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fountainpen provided with mypen-point guard and illustrating the position of the guard when the penis in use. Fig. 2 is a side view of the guard in position over thepen-point. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is across-section on the line at y, Fig. 2.

The leading parts or features of my device comprise a guard or protectoradapted to ex tend from the top side of or above the penpoint over andin front of the nibs, a spring so applied thereto as to normally holdsuch guard or protector in operative position in front of or in linewith the nibs or points, and a finger-piece connected with such guard orprotector formed as a part thereof and so placed or arranged withrespect to that part of the holder on which the fingers of the user bearwhen the pen is being used that the pressure of the fingers necessary toproperly grip and guide the en will by acting on the finger-piece hold te pen-guard out of the way, but when such pressure is taken 01f the thefingers upon the finger-piece of the de vice is again applied.

In the present constructlon the guard or protector a is formed on oneend of a strip or i narrow plate A of metal by bending the plate A downat right angles, more or less, to the body or main portion of the plateand forming the portion of the opposite end into a finger-piece 6.Between these two parts a and b a pivot is formed or provided byattaching the plate A loosely to the handle or socket portion of theholder, so that it is free to rock on the same as a center. Between theholder or socket and the finger-piece b the spring d is interposed insuch manner or in such position that its pressure against thefinger-piece serves to hold the guard in operative osition in front ofor in working line wafi the points of the pen as long as there is nopressure applied to the fingerpiece, and immediately upon the removal ofthe finger from the finger-piece the spring will act to throw or set theopposite guard-bearing end over or in front of the point of the pen. Byvirtue of this arrangement of the part A and the combination therewithof the spring cl it will be seen that the device becomes automatic inits action to the extent of coming into position in front of thepenpoint and of guarding or protecting the point as soon as the pen islaid down or is not held in working position.

The finger-piece b is situated in such position that as the pen is takenin the fingers and adjusted for writing the fingers of the writermechanically press and hold down the finger-piece, and thus hold theguard out of the way without calling for the exercise of any specialcare or attention on the part of the writer.

The device is Well adapted to be used on a fountain-pen withoutinterfering with the placing or removing of the cap, and as anattachment to a pen of that character, as well as to any holder carryinga gold pen-point, it will be of great advantage in prolonging theusefulness of the pen-point, for the reason that it efiectively preventsthe points from being bent out of shape.

A pen provided with this attachment can be dropped or allowed to rolloff the desk' without damaging the point, because the guard is always inposition to protect the points when the finger-piece is released.

This device is readily applied to the pen holder by mounting it on aband a, which is fixed on the holder back of the pen-point socket. Itcan also be attached to the holder by fixing the pivots f for the guarddirectly in the socket-piece that grips or holds the pen point, therebydispensing with the band e.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A pen-point guard comprising a fingerpiece pivotally attached to theholder behind the pen-point, a guard carried by saidiingerpiece adaptedto set over or in front of the pen-point, and a spring operating to setsaid guard in operative position When pressure is removed from thefinger-piece.

2. A pen-point guard having a finger-piece adapted to be pressed by thefingers of the Writer and operating to hold said guard out of the Way ofthe pen-point When the pen is being used, and a spring for returning theguard to position over the pen-point When the finger-piece is relievedof the pressure of the fingers.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 1 my name to this specificationin the presence oi two subscribing Witnesses.

, GEORGE E. WOODBURY. WVitnesses:

CI-IARLEs EDELMAN,

JANE E. OONLAN.

